The Öresund Smart City Hub project aims to make municipalities smarter consumers of smart city solutions through cooperation between Denmark and Sweden in the Öresund region. The project is sponsored by Öresundskomiteen and has a budget of 917,261 EUR, with 458,630 EUR in funding from the EU. The project's goals are to better inform municipalities about smart city technologies and improve dialogue between municipalities and businesses to develop future products. Three innovation platforms focus on smart street lighting, biking, and water management. However, integrated solutions across these areas could provide greater benefits. The road ahead requires moving past individual technologies to systematic, integrated approaches and clear value for citizens.

1. ÖRESUND SMART CITY HUB
- THE PROJECT AND SOME PERSPECTIVES
TARTU 20 JAN 2014
WE ARE SPONSORED BY:

2. Öresundskomiteen – the political collaboration
between Sweden and Denmark
Building networks and working to promote cross-border
cooperation in the Oresund Region
Oresund Region at a glance:
3.7 million inhabitants
20,000 cross-border commutes per day
27 per cent of combined GDP for Denmark and Sweden

3. Öresund Smart City Hub
MUNICIPALITIES ARE THE ”CONSUMERS” OF SMART CITY SOLUTIONS
INNOVATION DRIVEN FROM CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED BY THE MINICIPALITY
Lead Partner: Öresundskomiteen
Projektpartnere:
København Kommune
Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster
Aalborg Universitet
Region Sjælland
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Region Hovedstaden
Lunds universitet
Malmö Stad
Region Skåne
Projektperiode: 2012.08.01 - 2014.12.31
Projektets samlede budget: 917 261 EUR
Bevilget støtte fra ERUF: 458 630 EUR

4. What is Smart City for us?
Smart City is ”the next revolution” in city development and
integrates two perspectives, the human and the digital . Smart
City technologies improve quality of life and creates a more
sustainable city through integration of new organizational
structures, technologies and processes where information and
communication technologies become a natural part of the built
environment and sevices that the city provide. Smart City is
created through a participatory approach, based on cooperation
and sharing of information.
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5. GOAL 1
TO MAKE THE MUNICIPALITY A MORE
INFORMED AND THRILLED CONSUMER OF
SMART CITY SOLUTIONS

6. GOAL 2
TO IMPROVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN BUSINESS
AND MUNICIPALITY AND THEREBY CREATE
POSSIBILITY FOR BUSINESS TO DEVELOP
TOMORROWS PRODUCTS

7. 3 INNOVATION PLATFORMS
3 TECHNOLOGY AREAS
SMART STREET LIGHTING
SMART BIKING
SMART WATER MANAGEMENT

8. The technologies have….
• …different market place
• …different budget lines, strategic planning and
implementing units in the local goverment
• ….different civil society engagement/knowledge
• ….different cultural values
• ….different public-private collaborations

9. ….but if we are really SMART, we think
of integrated solutions
Street lights is the most common infrastrucutre in the city
– an optimal place for sensors and other devices to;
- monitor floodwaters, local weather forecasts, soil
saturation, percipitaiton and water leaks
- or improve safety, save energy and improve knowledge
of movement of bikers in the city.

10. THE ROAD AHEAD
APP-GRAVEYARD
INTEGRERATED SOLUTIONS
SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
SMART TECHNOLOGY
SMART IMPLEMENTATION
SHOP AROUND
DEMANDING COSTUMER
SNOWDEN-EFFECT
CLEAR VALUE FOR PEOPLE
DATAPAIN
DATAEUFORIA

11. Dialogue meeting 16 jan 2014

12. • Municipalities have little resources in understanding ICT,
companies have little possibilities and/or incentives to understand
municipalities
ICT
• Make sure technologies adopt to culture (do not expect vice versa)
• We need more integrated data, not more data
• We need to break the silo-structures between local government units
step one for a smarter city is srategic/political
• Look at processes, not just the technologies. Also the citizens dialogue is a part
of the business model.
• Technologies are new and in constant development. We need better
understanding of possibilities to have dialogue with industry before/during and
after procurement. We need lighter and more flexible procurements.

13. DATA
IT idag
DATA
GIS
DATA
DATA
DATA
DATA

14. When you write
your application….
1) Agree on a definition of
Smart City.
2) Technology and business is
vital, but make sure your have
acces to experts in governance
structures, innovative public
procurement and citizens dialogue.
3) Make sure you work in a field where there is strategic/political
will, allow resources and activities to keep up that will.

15. 4) Make sure your local government can
contribute resources from different
administrative departments
(i.e. IT, strategic, technical).
Be firm on this –
they will thank you in the end 
5) Create expert groups that find new crossings/mixing of existing
technologies implemented in the city. Did you know that the light
in the streetlight could also transfer data?

16. THIS PRESENTATION WAS MADE FROM 100% RECYCLED DATA
AND WE ARE OPEN SOURCE, SO CONTACT ME!
Karolina Huss
Project manager
Öresund Smart City Hub
kah@oresundskomiteen.dk
Mob +45 3131 6844